Daily Killer Sudoku August 14, 2026
The same puzzle everyone got on August 14, 2026 — deterministic, graded, and still playable.
| 17 | 22 | 13 | 15 | |||||
| 12 | 13 | 153 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| 9 | 17 | |||||||
| 15 | 62 | 5 | 5 | 22 | ||||
| 7 | 16 | |||||||
| 7 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 14 | 22 | 19 | ||||||
| 11 | 22 | 5 | ||||||
| 9 | 18 |
What it takes to solve
Our grader solved this puzzle in 140 steps. Every technique it needed, in ladder order:
- Naked single× 61
- Hidden single× 18
- Cage combinations× 61
Difficulty on Stillgrid is graded by the hardest technique a puzzle actually requires — this one earns Medium. How the technique ladder works.
Stuck on a cage? The killer sudoku calculator lists every combination a sum can take.
Also on August 14, 2026: the daily classic. Or jump to today's killer daily.